St George’s Hall Restoration, English Building Refurbishment, Architects, Photos, English Design, Date

St George’s Hall Liverpool Architecture

Neoclassical Liverpool Building, England, UK – design by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes and C.R. Cockerell

20 Oct 2007

St George’s Hall

Address: St George’s Pl, Liverpool L1 1JJ, United Kingdom
Date built: 1841-
Harvey Lonsdale Elmes; CR Cockerell

photos © Adrian Welch, Oct 2007

St George’s Hall Restoration, Liverpool
Date built: 2000-07
Purcell Miller Tritton

Approximate construction cost: £23m

St George’s Hall is on Lime Street in the centre of the English city of Liverpool, opposite Lime Street railway station. It is a building in Neoclassical style which contains concert halls and law courts, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. On the east side of the hall, between it and the railway station, is St George’s Plateau and on the west side are St John’s Gardens. The hall is included in the William Brown Street conservation area.

In 1969 the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner expressed his opinion that it is one of the finest neo-Grecian buildings in the world although the building is known for its use of Roman sources as well as Greek ones. In 2004, the hall and its surrounding area were recognised as part of Liverpool’s World Heritage Site.

photos © Adrian Welch, Oct 2007